Explaining that she can’t put Banks down without her screaming, the actress wrote: ‘Calling all parents of colic babies…..this ends right?

‘Can you ever set them down with out them screaming OR waking up? We have read everything the internet has to offer… nothing besides nursing basically every hour or less helps!’

She been vocal on social media since giving birth (Picture: @hilaryduff)

She added: ‘We have done all the obvious things ..please leave magic tricks in comments. Oh and happy new year lol 😩😩😩 #thankGforfilters #babyforsale !!! #anytakers??’

Followers shared their own tips and tricks, as well as a whole lot of sympathy, in the comments section.

Come Clean singer Hilary – who is also mum to six-year-old Luca with ex-husband Mike Comrie – welcomed Banks Violet with partner Matthew Koma in October, and admits that adapting to life with a second child can be difficult.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the star said: ‘Honestly, I feel like I can’t complain about it because people have more than two kids and I’m sitting here like, “How do people do this? Oh my gosh!’

‘By 5 p.m. at night when it’s like school pick up [time] and [Luca] usually has an after-school activity and I’m like nursing the baby at the after-school activity, and then we’re like running home, and [there’s] homework and dinner and bath time and trying to be fun and continue our regimen.

‘And I just have a baby on my boob the entire time. It’s insane and amazing at the same time and you just do it. You just figure out a way to do it. But I don’t know if we call it balance yet. It’s mayhem.’

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